Improvement in steam feed-cookers



1W. COLLI NGS. Steam Peed-Cooker.

No. 222,017. Patented Nov. 25,1879

Ulvrrnn STATES WILLIAM COLLING-S, OF AFTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN STEAM FEED-COOKE RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222.017, dated November25, 1879; application filed August 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GoLLrnes, of Afton, in the county of Unionand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSteam Feed-Cookers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being made to theaccompanying drawing's, forming a part of this specification, and

in which Figure 1 represents a side View; 'Fig. 2, a longitudinalvertical section. Fig. 3 is a 1011- gitudinal vertical section of acooking-table and a baking and steaming oven applied thereto; Fig. 4,vertical sections of a tea-kettle and cofiee-pot. I

Thisinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anapparatus having attachments whereby it is adapted for cooking feed forstock, and for domestic, hotel, and laundry uses; and the inventionconsists in the general construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

at or on the rear part of furnace for supply ing the boiler with hotwater, and which passes from the tank to the boiler through a pipe, 0,located at or near the bottom of the tank, controlled by a stop-cock, c.represents a pipe controlled by a stop-cock, forming a communicationbetween the boiler and water-tank near the top, whereby, when water isadmitted to the boiler from the tank through pipe a, steam can beadmitted from the boiler to the tank through pipe 0, thus equalizing thepressure without stopping the cooking of the feed, or

lessening or wasting the head of steam.

The tank is provided with an openlng, f,

through the top thereof, closed by a screwcap, f, for supplying water tothe tank, and which opening should be left open, except when feedingwater to the boiler.

The boiler is provided with the usual watergages and safety-valve, forpermitting the escape of unnecessary or surplus steam, and also a pipeor nozzle, (1, for attaching the hose d, that conveys the steam to thereceptacle containing the feed to be cooked.

H represents a cooking-table adapted to be placed on top of the boilerB, said table being provided with a series ofcooking-holes, h, overwhich can be placed a baking and steaming oven, I, a cofl'eepot, J, andtea-kettle J. p h represents a series of pipes controlled by stopcocks hfor conveying the steam from a pipe, 41, to the cooking-holes. The pipeiis centrally securedto the under side of the table H, and tits snuglyover a nozzle, j, on the boiler, controlled by a stop-cock, by which thesteamfrom the boiler can be conveyed to the cookin g-table.

K represents an oven divided into two compartments, It k, thecompartment 7c having double walls, with a steam-space, 1, so that thesteam will pass around the outsideof the inner wall and give sufficientheat to do the baking. The compartment 7c forms a steamingoven, so thatarticles placed therein can be cooked by the direct action of the steam.I

The tea-kettle and coffee-pot, and other articles in which water isheated, should be provided with a jacket, m, around them, so that whenplaced over the holes in the table the steam will pass around them,giving sufficient heat for the purpose intended.

By means of the above-described attachments a full line of cooking canbe done, while the hose (1 can be utilized for conveying steam forcooking feed for stock, or to the laundry, or for any other purposewhere steam can be utilized.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the furnace A, of the boiler B, having thecombustion-flue I) running lengthwise through it, the water-tank O,

arran ged in rear of the boiler and over the rear end of the furnace,and the pipes c e, forming FFIGE.

communications between said boiler and tank near the tops and bottomsthereof, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The table H, provided with suitable supports and a series ofcooking-holes, h, pipe 2',

and branch pipes h, leading from piper to the cooking-holes, incombination with the boiler B, having pipe 7', substantially as and forthe purpose herein shown and described.

3. The baking and steaming oven K and the cooking-table provided withsuitable supports and cooking-holes and pipes We, in combination withthe boiler B, having pipej, substantially in the manner herein shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM COLLINGS.

Witnesses A. DICKINSON, THOMAS LITTLE.

